US20190328035A1 - A feeding device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band in a tobacco industry machine for manufacturing rod-like elements and a machine for manufacturing rod-like elements - Google Patents
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- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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- the present invention relates to a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band in a tobacco industry machine for manufacturing rod-like elements.
- the cigarettes usually comprise filters to filter tobacco smoke and eliminate harmful substances.
- acetate fibers are used as a filtering material.
- the acetate fibers are usually fed in a form of a continuous band.
- cigarettes often have multi-segment filters, which may comprise different kinds of rod-like segments for filtering tobacco smoke, as well as segments for providing other functions.
- aromatizing segments may be provided, the aromatizing segments having scent capsules, scent threads or strips, which are usually located in a central portion of segments.
- the threads or strips may also serve a decorative function, since they are visible at the front surface of the filter.
- Other segments may be used for directing the stream of tobacco smoke—they may comprise longitudinal, hollow strips forming a flow duct. Therefore, manufacturers have a need for a device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band.
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,074,170 and 7,691,043 disclose a device for feeding a continuous strip saturated with an aromatic substance, into a continuous filtering material, to form a filter rod which is then cut to single filter rods.
- Machines for manufacturing filter rod-like elements are typically provided with feeding units which do not guarantee uniform positioning of the fed continuous material.
- the present invention aims to provide an improved device for feeding a continuous strip for use in machines for manufacturing rod-like elements.
- the prior art does not comprise devices adapted specifically for inserting a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band.
- a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band, in a tobacco industry machine for manufacturing rod-like elements, wherein the fibrous band is formed to a form of a continuous rod comprising the continuous strip surrounded by the continuous fibrous band
- the feeding device comprising: a strip supply unit for feeding the continuous strip; a strip feeding unit for feeding the continuous strip into the middle of the continuous fibrous band; wherein the feeding device is configured such that the strip feeding unit is located in the machine for manufacturing the rod-like elements between a fibrous band preparation unit and a garniture unit for forming the continuous rod.
- the feeding device further comprises: a feeding wheel, having a circumferential surface comprising a cylindrical guiding surface for guiding the continuous strip; and guiding surfaces; wherein the guiding surfaces and the cylindrical guiding surface form a duct for guiding the continuous strip.
- the guiding surfaces may have a form of stationary side guiding surfaces positioned at the rotary cylindrical guiding surface.
- the stationary side guiding surfaces may be perpendicular to a rotation axis of the feeding wheel.
- the stationary side guiding surfaces may be conical.
- the circumferential surface of the feeding wheel may have a circumferential groove configured to guide the continuous strip, the circumferential groove comprising the cylindrical guiding surface and the side guiding surfaces.
- the device may comprise a side guiding surface in a form of at least one rotary roller located at the rotary cylindrical guiding surface.
- the device may comprise a stationary guiding surface in a form of a portion of a cylinder, located in parallel to the cylindrical guiding surface.
- a machine for manufacturing rod-like elements comprising: a fibrous band supply unit for feeding a continuous fibrous band; a fibrous band preparation unit for preparing the fibrous band; a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip; a wrapper feeding unit for feeding a wrapper; a garniture unit for forming a continuous rod, wherein the continuous rod comprises the fibrous band and the continuous strip and is wrapped by the wrapper; a cutting head for cutting the continuous rod into the rod-like elements, wherein the feeding device is the feeding device as described herein.
- the device according to the invention allows positioning a continuous strip in a continuous fibrous band without slipping, wherein the strip is fed synchronically into the fibrous band, i.e. with the speed of transfer of the fibrous band.
- FIG. 1 shows a machine for manufacturing filter rods
- FIG. 2 shows a feeding device according to the invention in a first embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-section of a feeding wheel and strip guides of the feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel of the feeding device of FIG. 2 at a point wherein the strip is placed into the fibrous band;
- FIG. 5 shows the feeding device according to the invention in a second embodiment
- FIG. 6 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel and the strip guides of the feeding device of FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 7 shows the feeding device according to the invention in a third embodiment
- FIG. 8 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel and the strip guides of the feeding device of FIG. 7 ;
- FIG. 9 shows the feeding device according to the invention in a fourth embodiment
- FIG. 10 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel and the strip guides of the feeding device of FIG. 9 ;
- FIG. 11 shows a machine for manufacturing tobacco rods.
- FIG. 1 shows schematically a machine 1 for manufacturing filter rods R.
- Fibers of a filtering material for example acetate fibers in a form of a band that forms the filtering material 2
- the fibers of the filtering material may be fed by a fibrous band supply unit 17 from a container in a form of a bale 3 .
- the fibers of the filtering material may be compressed in the bale 3 .
- the fibers of the filtering material band 2 are stretched and loosened by means of compressed air and cylinders of a fibrous band preparation unit 4 for preparing a filtering material band.
- the fibers of the filtering band 2 detach from each other and may accommodate more air in between.
- the fibers may be soaked with a softening fluid (for example, triacetin).
- the machine 1 for manufacturing filter rods R has an inserting element 5 in a form of a funnel, through which the band of the filtering material 2 is passed from the preparation unit 4 . While the band of the filtering material 2 passes through the inserting element 5 , the fibers are initially compacted.
- the inserting element 5 may have openings, which facilitate discharging the excess of air from between the fibers of the filtering material band 2 .
- the inserting element 5 is followed by a guiding element 6 for guiding the filtering material band 2 , wherein the band is initially formed.
- the guiding element 6 is configured to cooperate with a feeding wheel 7 of a feeding device 8 for feeding a continuous strip 9 by a strip feeding unit 11 , wherein the continuous strip 9 is fed from a strip supply unit 10 .
- the feeding device 8 in a direction of the filtering material band 2 , is followed by a glue feeding unit 12 and a forming unit 13 for winding the band 2 into a wrapper 14 .
- the glue feeding unit 12 and the forming unit 13 which are components of a garniture unit 15 , have guides for guiding the wrapper 14 .
- the wrapper 14 is fed by a wrapper feeding unit 18 .
- the machine 1 further comprises a rotary cutting head 16 for cutting a continuous filter rod CR to single filter rods R.
- the continuous strip 9 is a material of a cross-section having a width greater than its height. Preferably, the width is at least two times greater than the height.
- the strip 9 may have a cross-section in a form of a rectangle, a rectangle with rounded corners or an ellipse.
- FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of a first embodiment of the feeding device 8 for feeding the continuous strip 9 .
- the continuous strip 9 is fed from the strip supply unit 10 .
- the strip may be supplied from a reel and fed by any type of strip feeding unit.
- the feeding device 8 comprises a feeding wheel 7 having a rotation axis X.
- the circumferential surface 20 of the feeding wheel 7 has a cylindrical guiding surface 20 A for guiding the continuous strip 9 .
- the continuous strip 9 may be also guided in alternative ways.
- the device 8 comprises two stationary guides 21 , 22 as shown in the A-A cross-section in enlarged view in FIG. 3 .
- the surfaces 21 A, 22 A of the guides 21 , 22 at the cylindrical guiding surface 20 A are used for guiding the strip 9 and for preventing the strip from slipping away from the cylindrical guiding surface 20 A.
- the guiding surfaces 21 A, 22 A are substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis X of the feeding wheel 7 .
- the cross-section B-B ( FIG. 4 ) shows the strip 9 being placed into the filtering material band 2 . Further on during the movement of the continuous filtering material 2 together with the wrapper 14 on a garniture belt 19 , the continuous strip 9 is wrapped by the filtering material 2 . In that embodiment, the continuous strip 9 contacts (encircles) the feeding wheel 7 along a half of its cylindrical guiding surface 20 A. The large contact angle allows the continuous strip to be fed without slipping, i.e. with a circumferential speed of the feeding wheel 7 , which corresponds to the speed of the movement of the band 2 .
- FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the feeding device 8 ′, wherein the supply unit for feeding the continuous strip 9 is not visible.
- the feeding device 8 ′ comprises two stationary side guides 31 , 32 which have guiding surfaces 31 A, 32 A shown in cross-section C-C in FIG. 6 , wherein the guiding surfaces 31 A, 32 A have a conical shape, which helps to keep the strip on the guiding surface 20 A with a limited action of the guiding surfaces 31 A, 32 A on the edges of the strip 9 .
- the feeding device 8 ′ comprises a stationary guide 23 having a guiding surface 23 A, which is a portion of a cylinder.
- the stationary guide 23 presses the strip 9 against the guiding surface 20 A.
- the stationary guide 23 is located along at least a portion of the length of the side guiding surfaces 31 A, 32 A, preferably along the whole length thereof.
- the feeding device 8 ′′ comprises two stationary side guides 41 , 42 which have guiding surfaces 41 A, 42 A shown in cross-section D-D in FIG. 8 .
- the feeding device 8 ′′ comprises a rotary roller 24 , having a cylindrical side surface 24 A that forms a guiding surface for the continuous strip 9 and presses the strip 9 against the guiding surface 20 A.
- the guiding surfaces 41 A, 42 A may have recesses 25 for placing the roller 24 .
- the feeding device 8 ′′′ comprises a feeding wheel 7 ′ having a groove 51 on its circumferential surface 20 , as shown in a cross-section E-E in FIG. 10 .
- the groove has a cylindrical guiding surface 20 A and two guiding side surfaces 51 A, 52 A formed by rims 51 , 52 .
- FIG. 11 shows a machine for manufacturing rod-like elements from shredded tobacco.
- the tobacco material is fed by a fibrous band supply unit 17 ′.
- a continuous band of tobacco material is fed on the wrapper 14 and passes through the region of operation of the feeding device 8 , that feeds the continuous strip 9 into the band of tobacco material.
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- The present invention relates to a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band in a tobacco industry machine for manufacturing rod-like elements.
- Tobacco industry plants manufacture various kinds of smoking products, among others cigarettes. The cigarettes usually comprise filters to filter tobacco smoke and eliminate harmful substances. Typically, acetate fibers are used as a filtering material. The acetate fibers are usually fed in a form of a continuous band. Nowadays, cigarettes often have multi-segment filters, which may comprise different kinds of rod-like segments for filtering tobacco smoke, as well as segments for providing other functions. For example, aromatizing segments may be provided, the aromatizing segments having scent capsules, scent threads or strips, which are usually located in a central portion of segments. The threads or strips may also serve a decorative function, since they are visible at the front surface of the filter. Other segments may be used for directing the stream of tobacco smoke—they may comprise longitudinal, hollow strips forming a flow duct. Therefore, manufacturers have a need for a device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band.
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,074,170 and 7,691,043 disclose a device for feeding a continuous strip saturated with an aromatic substance, into a continuous filtering material, to form a filter rod which is then cut to single filter rods.
- Machines for manufacturing filter rod-like elements, known from the prior art, are typically provided with feeding units which do not guarantee uniform positioning of the fed continuous material. The present invention aims to provide an improved device for feeding a continuous strip for use in machines for manufacturing rod-like elements. The prior art does not comprise devices adapted specifically for inserting a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band.
- There is disclosed a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip into a continuous fibrous band, in a tobacco industry machine for manufacturing rod-like elements, wherein the fibrous band is formed to a form of a continuous rod comprising the continuous strip surrounded by the continuous fibrous band, the feeding device comprising: a strip supply unit for feeding the continuous strip; a strip feeding unit for feeding the continuous strip into the middle of the continuous fibrous band; wherein the feeding device is configured such that the strip feeding unit is located in the machine for manufacturing the rod-like elements between a fibrous band preparation unit and a garniture unit for forming the continuous rod. The feeding device further comprises: a feeding wheel, having a circumferential surface comprising a cylindrical guiding surface for guiding the continuous strip; and guiding surfaces; wherein the guiding surfaces and the cylindrical guiding surface form a duct for guiding the continuous strip.
- The guiding surfaces may have a form of stationary side guiding surfaces positioned at the rotary cylindrical guiding surface.
- The stationary side guiding surfaces may be perpendicular to a rotation axis of the feeding wheel.
- The stationary side guiding surfaces may be conical.
- The circumferential surface of the feeding wheel may have a circumferential groove configured to guide the continuous strip, the circumferential groove comprising the cylindrical guiding surface and the side guiding surfaces.
- The device may comprise a side guiding surface in a form of at least one rotary roller located at the rotary cylindrical guiding surface.
- The device may comprise a stationary guiding surface in a form of a portion of a cylinder, located in parallel to the cylindrical guiding surface.
- There is also disclosed a machine for manufacturing rod-like elements, the machine comprising: a fibrous band supply unit for feeding a continuous fibrous band; a fibrous band preparation unit for preparing the fibrous band; a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip; a wrapper feeding unit for feeding a wrapper; a garniture unit for forming a continuous rod, wherein the continuous rod comprises the fibrous band and the continuous strip and is wrapped by the wrapper; a cutting head for cutting the continuous rod into the rod-like elements, wherein the feeding device is the feeding device as described herein.
- The device according to the invention allows positioning a continuous strip in a continuous fibrous band without slipping, wherein the strip is fed synchronically into the fibrous band, i.e. with the speed of transfer of the fibrous band.
- The system is shown by means of example embodiments in a drawing, in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a machine for manufacturing filter rods; -
FIG. 2 shows a feeding device according to the invention in a first embodiment; -
FIG. 3 shows a cross-section of a feeding wheel and strip guides of the feeding device ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel of the feeding device ofFIG. 2 at a point wherein the strip is placed into the fibrous band; -
FIG. 5 shows the feeding device according to the invention in a second embodiment; -
FIG. 6 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel and the strip guides of the feeding device ofFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 7 shows the feeding device according to the invention in a third embodiment; -
FIG. 8 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel and the strip guides of the feeding device ofFIG. 7 ; -
FIG. 9 shows the feeding device according to the invention in a fourth embodiment; -
FIG. 10 shows a cross-section of the feeding wheel and the strip guides of the feeding device ofFIG. 9 ; -
FIG. 11 shows a machine for manufacturing tobacco rods. -
FIG. 1 shows schematically amachine 1 for manufacturing filter rods R. Fibers of a filtering material, for example acetate fibers in a form of a band that forms thefiltering material 2, may be fed by a fibrousband supply unit 17 from a container in a form of abale 3. The fibers of the filtering material may be compressed in thebale 3. The fibers of the filteringmaterial band 2 are stretched and loosened by means of compressed air and cylinders of a fibrousband preparation unit 4 for preparing a filtering material band. As a result of stretching and loosening, the fibers of the filteringband 2 detach from each other and may accommodate more air in between. In thepreparation unit 4, the fibers may be soaked with a softening fluid (for example, triacetin). Themachine 1 for manufacturing filter rods R has aninserting element 5 in a form of a funnel, through which the band of thefiltering material 2 is passed from thepreparation unit 4. While the band of the filteringmaterial 2 passes through theinserting element 5, the fibers are initially compacted. Theinserting element 5 may have openings, which facilitate discharging the excess of air from between the fibers of the filteringmaterial band 2. Theinserting element 5 is followed by a guidingelement 6 for guiding the filteringmaterial band 2, wherein the band is initially formed. The guidingelement 6 is configured to cooperate with afeeding wheel 7 of afeeding device 8 for feeding acontinuous strip 9 by astrip feeding unit 11, wherein thecontinuous strip 9 is fed from astrip supply unit 10. - The
feeding device 8, in a direction of the filteringmaterial band 2, is followed by aglue feeding unit 12 and a formingunit 13 for winding theband 2 into awrapper 14. Theglue feeding unit 12 and the formingunit 13, which are components of agarniture unit 15, have guides for guiding thewrapper 14. Thewrapper 14 is fed by awrapper feeding unit 18. Themachine 1 further comprises arotary cutting head 16 for cutting a continuous filter rod CR to single filter rods R. - The
continuous strip 9 is a material of a cross-section having a width greater than its height. Preferably, the width is at least two times greater than the height. Thestrip 9 may have a cross-section in a form of a rectangle, a rectangle with rounded corners or an ellipse. -
FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of a first embodiment of thefeeding device 8 for feeding thecontinuous strip 9. Thecontinuous strip 9 is fed from thestrip supply unit 10. The strip may be supplied from a reel and fed by any type of strip feeding unit. Thefeeding device 8 comprises afeeding wheel 7 having a rotation axis X. Thecircumferential surface 20 of thefeeding wheel 7 has a cylindrical guidingsurface 20A for guiding thecontinuous strip 9. Thecontinuous strip 9 may be also guided in alternative ways. Thedevice 8 comprises twostationary guides FIG. 3 .Surfaces guides cylindrical guiding surface 20A are used for guiding thestrip 9 and for preventing the strip from slipping away from thecylindrical guiding surface 20A. The guiding surfaces 21A, 22A are substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis X of thefeeding wheel 7. The cross-section B-B (FIG. 4 ) shows thestrip 9 being placed into thefiltering material band 2. Further on during the movement of thecontinuous filtering material 2 together with thewrapper 14 on agarniture belt 19, thecontinuous strip 9 is wrapped by thefiltering material 2. In that embodiment, thecontinuous strip 9 contacts (encircles) thefeeding wheel 7 along a half of itscylindrical guiding surface 20A. The large contact angle allows the continuous strip to be fed without slipping, i.e. with a circumferential speed of thefeeding wheel 7, which corresponds to the speed of the movement of theband 2. -
FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of thefeeding device 8′, wherein the supply unit for feeding thecontinuous strip 9 is not visible. Thefeeding device 8′ comprises two stationary side guides 31, 32 which have guidingsurfaces FIG. 6 , wherein the guiding surfaces 31A, 32A have a conical shape, which helps to keep the strip on the guidingsurface 20A with a limited action of the guiding surfaces 31A, 32A on the edges of thestrip 9. Thefeeding device 8′ comprises astationary guide 23 having a guidingsurface 23A, which is a portion of a cylinder. Thestationary guide 23 presses thestrip 9 against the guidingsurface 20A. Thestationary guide 23 is located along at least a portion of the length of the side guiding surfaces 31A, 32A, preferably along the whole length thereof. - In a third embodiment shown in
FIG. 7 , thefeeding device 8″ comprises two stationary side guides 41, 42 which have guidingsurfaces FIG. 8 . Thefeeding device 8″ comprises arotary roller 24, having acylindrical side surface 24A that forms a guiding surface for thecontinuous strip 9 and presses thestrip 9 against the guidingsurface 20A. The guiding surfaces 41A, 42A may haverecesses 25 for placing theroller 24. - In a fourth embodiment shown in
FIG. 9 , thefeeding device 8′″ comprises afeeding wheel 7′ having agroove 51 on itscircumferential surface 20, as shown in a cross-section E-E inFIG. 10 . The groove has acylindrical guiding surface 20A and two guidingside surfaces rims -
FIG. 11 shows a machine for manufacturing rod-like elements from shredded tobacco. The tobacco material is fed by a fibrousband supply unit 17′. A continuous band of tobacco material is fed on thewrapper 14 and passes through the region of operation of thefeeding device 8, that feeds thecontinuous strip 9 into the band of tobacco material. - Further embodiments are possible, that comprise one or more of the features of the embodiments discussed above combined with each other.
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